Tuesday, June 23, 2009

the sheriff of...

Nottingham is a cute little city. the uni is very pretty and the maths department (notice the S!) is quite quite large. in the middle of the town there is a large rock where there are a bunch of caves dug (supposedly they served as shelter during world war II bombings) and on top a small castle. quite small. in fact, you wouldn't even guess it was a castle. yet this castle, is the famous robin hood castle. disney, mel brooks and kevin costner really embellished it...
there is also the so stated, oldest pub in the UK. 1189 they claim, when the crusaders returned from jerusalem (it is called Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem). it is in the rock as well. in fact, a piece of the rock that fell from the ceiling, prompted us to leave (yet there are no earthquakes here...)
just for tourists, there are a bunch of robin hood statues around the rock. there is also a target practice area in sherwood forest -or what's left of it... unfortunately, the conference did not take a tour in that direction, but rather...

we went to the Green windmill!! that's right, we saw a windmill. now, it turns out that a very famous mr. Green lived there - not the one from Reservoir dogs though (is there one?), but rather the same one as in Green's theorem and Green's functions (to be always remembered with the best of things...). and man, do they make a big deal about this guy at the windmill, comparing him to Faraday, Maxwell, even Newton. dudes, i mean mates, seriously, he did important stuff but let's not get overly excited about this. and yes, this is where a math conference goes on an excursion. the windmill of a famous mathematician.
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5 comments:

  1. Neta and EdanJune 24, 2009 at 12:00 AM

    Holy cow Hillel you are a machine! I can't believe how many posts you have already. Keep it up :). Eat some fish and chip with a pint for me (just don't dip my chip in mayo - yesh gvol)

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  2. duck and frogJune 24, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    Geeze ... they are all mathiots like you! One day, when you have settled in your home country of Franclandia I will build a giant goat and cheese farm and name the cave where they both stay after you!

    Wait ... that seems more like a Dan comment.

    Is it just me, or does the windmill look rather small ... I'm not saying anything about the size of a mathematicians mill ... just maybe the picture is deceiving

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  3. SonyaJune 24, 2009 at 8:09 PM

    ug green's function, worst part of first year!

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  4. duck and frogJune 24, 2009 at 9:23 PM

    By the way, like the Padres shirt, and the "unusual" guy next to you.

    I think that the guy across the picture in the blue striped collared shit likes what he sees as he looks at you ...

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  5. penguinrobotJune 24, 2009 at 11:45 PM

    for entertainment "maths" btw incase you haven't seen it… (look around you…maths)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2NOTanzWI

    h, there is no mr. green in res dogs, however there is a mr. blue and mr. blonde (color?) which together would maybe make a mr. green. (although mr. blonde goes on to mix with ear instead)

    btw next time you visit green's mill, you should make some snotty comment about gauss' tower being taller and of deeper foundation.

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